Posted on 04/29/2010 2:03:09 PM PDT by lulu16
Reporters: Forrest Carr and Ina Ronquillo
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The backlash against Arizona's tough new crackdown on illegal immigration is now beginning to affect enrollment at the University of Arizona. In a campus-wide e-mail sent out Thursday morning, university president Robert Shelton states, "The families of a number of out-of-state students (to date all of them honors students) have told us that they are changing their plans and will be sending their children to universities in other states."
Shelton goes on to express concern about the impact of SB 1070. He said the decision of students to withdraw "should sadden anyone who cares about attracting the best and brightest students to Arizona."
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But at the same time, Shelton indicated the University does not plan to defy the law. He writes, "UAPD, which is one of the finest police operations anywhere, will be receiving extensive training on the specifications of the new law. I have total confidence that they will abide by the letter of the law, which includes a provision that individuals may not be stopped solely on the basis of race, color or national origin."
See complete story : http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12398979
LOL!
We seriously could! People I talked to everywhere in town, of every ethnicity, are supporting this!!
Yea!
Illegals? who would have thunk at UA. They will still be illegals in other states and if the Republicans take the House in November, more laws could be passed to deal with them no matter where they are.
I don’t feel that children should be punished for the sins of their parents, so we have a problem as do the parents. There is no simple answer but amnesty is not it. Perhaps a longer “Permanent Residence” program could be developed that stops short of citizenship/voting, etc.
Getting at the back of the line, NOW, would be a good start.
Re San Francisco. I’m going to be mean here:
Arizona had a Flaming Meteor create Meteor Crater (a magnificent sight/site).
San Franscisco has Flaming Fs and all they created were more Flaming Aholes.
Mayor Newsome is among the most disgusting excuse of a political charlatan this side of Rev. Jesse and Sharpton.
SF deserves him.
It once was a great city. Today it is a national joke and medical cesspool. Perhaps another meteor will make it into the San Francisco Crater. I’d go to see that.
Good people of SF. Get out and let it disappear like the house in “Poltergeist”.
“A number”—a real reporter would’ve extracted an actual numeral.
I doubt it. I think it’s BS.
At any rate, if it’s true, it’s a win-win!!! If these students actually leave, it’d be great if they’d take McCain with them. THEN AZ would be a great state!
So, at least this guy realizes that he cannot keep reciting the version that has never become a law, and that enforcing the law is not the same as the racial profiling.
No illegals in the college
1. No free tuition means money saved
2. No hispanic illegals getting indoctrinated by the radicals on the campus
Looks like a winner to me.
Grijalva’s knee-jerk call for a boycott of his of his own state and the UA President’s press release that a handful of Latino students (in a total enrollment of 38,000) taking their academics elsewhere only confirms the stereotype of the hot-tempered Latin that overreacts and takes everything personally. I’m embarrassed by them. (My other last name is Spanish)
Of course, I agree with all you say. I’m just wondering how President Shelton could make such a big deal about a handful of students leaving in a huff?
The UA’s undergrad requirements are laughable but the graduate spots are some of the most competitive out there.
Good. The more trash Arizona gets rid of, the better it is for Arizona in the long run. Imagine how great a state full of conservative could become. No more scrounging, no homos or welfare queens. No loud mouthed liberal brains of mush. Arizona could become the new capital of the United States.
The media tries to portray this as a bad thing. In my opinion, it's a cleansing.
I feel a song coming on
“Are you going to San Francisco?”
Or, “California Here I Come.”
How great it'd be if 49 other states did exactly the same thing.
The number of out of state withdrawls is 1. I know someone who works there.
The parent wrote a letter that says it’s not the only reason. They were already considering it because the child has some health issues that staying nearer to home is a good idea so he can be with his doctors.
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